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The president’s executive orders barring several types of visas and green cards will most affect immigrant hopefuls from Asian, African and Latino countries.
The Pritzker administration can increase incomes and shore up struggling employers by finally implementing a program that allows workers to stay on the job at reduced hours on partial unemployment insurance.
By using public money to create local funds, public banks can reverse decades of racist disinvestment to repair Black and Brown communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession.
Any HBCU closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic could potentially hinder the careers of many Black Americans.
In a recent survey, more than three-quarters of white parents of 6- to 11-year-olds said they didn’t talk to their kids very much about racism.
COVID-19 has again demonstrated the health inequities that exist between African Americans and whites.
Four decades after Ellen Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio, became the US’s first Black woman mayor, seven of the nation’s largest cities are lead by Black women. And what a time to be in charge.
Busca por dirección y rastrea las etapas de las cuatro regiones creadas bajo el plan de reapertura del Gob. J.B. Pritzker para eliminar gradualmente las órdenes de quedarse en casa, esto a medida que transcurre la pandemia.
In many national crises, black Americans have been essential workers – but serving in crucial roles has not resulted in economic equality.
In letters and interviews, men inside the facility describe conditions they say are continuing to drive infections at the Illinois prison hardest hit by coronavirus.